I am looking up here at the walls of some rooms they built. They built these walls out of rock and mud and they are still standing. You can see here the black ceiling of the cave. The black comes from the Smoot from the fires they would burn inside of the cave.

New Mexico's Gila Cliffs Dwellings

Me standing in front of one of the entrances. Take a look to the right, see how high up we are?!

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

This is from inside the dwelling in the main room of the cave. As you can see, once you get to the bottom of the steps there is a main landing and then a steep drop. See the tops of the trees in the background? It was a marvelous sight!

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

This is looking the opposite direction of the previous photo. Here I'm looking up into the dwelling from the landing and you can still see the black ceiling. David is standing in the corner for a matter of scale and perspective.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

Another shot looking into the dwelling. This ones a little closer up so you can see the detail in the walls that were built into the cave.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

Looking back down the trail from where we came.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

This is one of the rooms inside of the Cliff dwellings.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

I'm standing in another room looking through the dwellings at other rooms. The walls were much taller when the natives lived here but have crumbled down little by little over the years.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

This is on the far side of the dwellings looking back from where we started. I'm still under the shelter of the cave and that little brown line going diagonal across the bottom of the frame is a ladder used to climb back down out of the dwelling.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

More rooms throughout the dwellings

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

this is a sihlouette of David and Nathan standing in the dwelling with the forest in the background

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

Here's a similar shot but with a flash. It was so bright outside and so dark in the dwellings that I had to resort to my professional training for this one! I set up the flash and put my camera on a timer. After getting David in focus I clicked the shutter and ran to jump in the shot. Pretty good huh?! 😉

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

Looking up into the far side of the dwelling. This is the ladder that was depicted as a little line in one of the previous photos.

New Mexico's Gila Cliff Dwellings

Headed down the trail

Lake Roberts Motel. Gila National Forest, NM

We got done with our hike and headed back to the motel for the night. I think we were the only guests and Nathan had fun playing on the old school playground!

Chandler (Phoenix) Arizona

After a hard drive from New Mexico to Phoenix we dropped off the mini van and picked up an RV! This vehicle was amazing and we got it all stocked up while we hung out with Taylor and Wil getting ready to head North to Sedona the next day.

Chandler, AZ

Here we are at Taylor and Wil house and Nathan is kicking back with Harvey!

Phoenix, AZ

Taylor and her daddy 😊

(Nathan's trying to make a break for it in the background).

Phoenix, AZ

Taylor teaching her little bro how to brush Harvey: the huge, hairy, and happy German Shepherd.

Phoenix, AZ

Now we're going to try on the sweet baby girl, Amelia

Phoenix, AZ

Just messing around at the dog park taking photos

Chandler, AZ

I was giving Nathan some lessons. 😊

Phoenix, AZ

So... we tried to get both dogs, the two year old, and four adults to look at the camera at the same time - while no one was behind it to focus on...

TAKE 1

Phoenix, AZ

TAKE 2

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TAKE 3

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TAKE 4

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TAKE 5!!

We finally got the shot...with a twist! But it matches our personalities perfectly.

Phoenix, AZ

Nathan messing around in the RV

Phoenix, AZ

He found a "walkie talkie'

Phoenix, AZ

MOMMY LOOK!

Phoenix, AZ

He was a pretty happy boy that day. He loved being in the front seat of the camper.

Phoenix, AZ

Happy boy

All loaded up and headed down the road. I loved traveling in a camper! It was so easy!

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

We were caravanning up the highway to Sedona for Taylor and Wils Engagement shoot when Taylor called and told us to get off on the next exit. So we did and she showed us this beautiful, yet desolate, country. HUGE cactus too.

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

The cactus were in bloom and they were beautiful!

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

I turned around from taking photos and here was the scene. Beautiful!

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

Everything had thorns! All of the plants in this photograph are cactuses!

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

Another huge cactus. Taylor said that it takes 50 years for this particular cactus to grow this big. woah!

Somewhere between Phoenix and Sedona

Another shot of the desert

Sedona, AZ

Sedona! We got to Sedona and pulled into this majestic park for a sunset photo shoot of Taylor and Wil. We were awed by the beauty of this city. Everywhere you turned there were stunning views.

Sedona, AZ

We hiked to this point to do the first set of photos. I can't remember the name of this park but it was gorgeous and we were only half way up the trail. We never made it to the top because of how steep it got, but this was just fine with me.

Sedona, AZ

Another view from the rock. David in awe.

Sedona, AZ

One happy man

Sedona, AZ

Thats not a fake backdrop!

Sedona, AZ

The sun setting over the canyons

Sedona, AZ

Thanks for the photo Taylor, your a natural! This place was like the old "Wild West" for real!

Sedona, AZ

Another photo of me and my love

Sedona in the camper

Nathan was pretty tired so he passed out in our bed in the camper while Taylor and Wil baby sat and David and I went to play in the mountains.